No one knows who this guy is and that’s sad.  That’s sad because Lor’themar is the best.  Full stop.  He has an interesting story, he throws benches in fountains when he gets mad, and he has a kickin’ rad eyepatch.  Speaking of which, let’s start the list:

1. He has a kickin’ rad eyepatch

Alright, look at this.  Look how cool he is.  See that eyepatch?  No one else can pull it off.  No one else can be as rugged and gorgeous, at the same time, as Lor’themar.

2. He got the eyepatch being badass and fighting the Scourge

In case you have been living under a rock in the middle of the Barrens somewhere, during the Third War, the Scourge invaded Quel’thalas.  Lor’themar, a Ranger Lord of the Farstriders, was scouting around Zul’Aman for troll activity when he noticed something odd happening.  Upon going to investigate he stumbled into a bunch of re-animated dead elves.  Lor’themar managed to push aside his shock and fight back – losing an eye in the process, but on the plus side now he looks super cool.

3. He took over after the Scourge invasion because damn straight he did

Lor’themar was always a brilliant tactician and soldier.  He was second-in-command to Sylvanas Windrunner during the Second War, and when Sylvanas met an ill fate during the Third he promptly took charge and gathered up all the survivors that he could find.  Kael’thas was so impressed that he put Lor’themar in charge of everything until he could come back later.  Which brings us to our next point…

4. JUST KIDDING, Kael’thas went nuts so now Lor’themar is still in charge

Lor’themar never really wanted to be in charge of all of Quel’thalas, because why would he?  He’s a badass ranger who is really good at killing things and telling his men how to kill things.  But what else was he supposed to do when Kael betrayed his own people and forced them into a Civil War?  Well I’ll tell you what Lor’themar did, he just stayed in charge because they needed him to, and he knew that.  Silvermoon expects that every elf will do his duty.

5. Lor’themar will mess you up if you mess with the blood elves

And there will be two hits: him hitting you, and you hitting the ground.  He loves his people and his homeland and you do NOT want to get on his bad side because you’ll know when he’s mad.  Because…

6. He flings benches into fountains when he gets angry

This actually happens at the end of the Divine Bell questline if you’re Horde.  It’s worth doing the entire time-gated questline just so you can view this awesome moment.

7. If Alliance try to attack him he casts Mass Charm on them

Because he’s just so charming :3

8. He carries around more baggage than a jumbo jet

Random sampling of stuff Lor’themar is either largely or solely responsible for:

• Telling his old friend Dar’khan Drathir all about the Sunwell’s defenses because why not (Dar’khan immediately turned around and gave Arthas all the juicy details)
• Kicking the high elves out of Silvermoon when they decided they didn’t want cool green glowy eyes not to siphon magic from living creatures
• Asking the blood elves to fight in wars that are not really theirs or that they do not have available forces for, because they have no other choice

Basically he is either directly or indirectly responsible for a great deal of Bad Things.  But he shoulders these burdens because…

9. That’s just what he does

Lor’themar is a Farstrider who is stuck being, well, decisively not a Farstrider.  It kinda sucks, but much like the sin’dorei have their own less-than-ideal lot in life at the moment, so too does Lor’themar.  Sacrifices have got to be made if Silvermoon and Quel’thalas are ever  to return to their former glory.

And, finally…

10. He’s smokin’ hot

And he has two smokin’ hot advisors named Halduron and Rommath and all three of them are gonna mess up your day.  Or alternatively cause you to drool all over yourself.  Depending on which way you swing.

TLDR Lor’themar is the best racial leader in World of Warcraft.  And now you know.